I don't even know what to say, I mean, If you really look at those games and still truly believe that DS looks more realistic, then I guess there is nothing I could tell you.

But does it really? those bethesda games were expected to come as multiplats, and microsoft was lacking in the exclusives department, so even with the bethesda buyout, it needs to still prove itself and make more quality exclusives beyond halo and forza, and what ever 2 or 3 highly regarded AAA games that come from bethesda in the next 7 years. Even still i hightly doubt elder scrolls/starfield ( if it does release at all next gen) , or fallout 5 for that matter, will stay as xbox only exclusives.  There is alot to be made from licensing fees onto ps5, and the buyout was mainly to make gamepass more attractive, not necessarlity to lure ps5 players over. I expect them to release on ps5, if not day 1, then a year later, after they have made their money on xbox. 

Microsoft of the 9th gen is not the same as Microsoft of the 8th gen.
That much has been made evident by the explosive increase in developers they have built and acquired.

Since 2018 Microsoft has added:
* Ninja Theory. - Hellblade.

* Undead Labs. - State of Decay.

* Compulsion Games. - We happy few.

* Playground Games. - Forza Horizon, Fable. (Granted they always made Xbox exclusives anyway pretty much, so feel free to flick it off the list.)

* inXile Entertainment. - Wasteland.

* Obsidian Entertainment. - Pillars of Eternity, The Outer Worlds, Fallout: New Vegas, Dungeon Siege, KOTOR 2, Neverwinter Nights 2.

* Zenimax Media.
~Bethesda:
- Elderscrolls, Fallout, Starfield.

~Arkane Studios.
- Dishonored, Prey, Wolfenstein.

~ iD Software.
- Doom, Quake, Rage.

That is just in the last 2 years... And there have been hints of further purchases.

Add on the fact Microsoft also has ZeniMax Online Studios, Tanho Gameworks, MachineGames, RARE, Mojang, 343i, The Initiative, Double Fine Production, The Coalition, Turn 10 Studios.

And with it Microsoft has brought in technologies like iDTech game engine, Havok and more which gives it some interesting tech.

I think anyone who thinks Microsoft is going to enter the 9th gen "lacking exclusives" really hasn't been paying attention... It's because of that kind of criticism that Microsoft thrown around Billions of dollars buying up studios... And honestly, I kinda hope they do make them exclusive, it would be epic karma.

Well i'd like to be proved wrong. But after the talk Spence gave at the beginning of the xbox one launch, and the promise of so many great exclusives, which never came, i'm not falling for it yet. They love to talk and hype, and hopefully next gen they bring it, and those studios actually make some great games. Because if they really take it to the max, it will only make sony work harder and will be great for everyone. 

Never claimed they cut corners. But I know where your heads at so not surprised at your take. But I clearly said they are working on games like god of war soon to be released. This is in no way a priority for them and lets be honest here, games like god of war and ghost of tsushima look better on ps4  pro than thouse games you mentioned getting worked done on series x. So I would say they dont even need to put any effort to make them look bad. And like I already said before, but you ignore, having higher resolution and framerates does not make a better game. People still say thouse games look identical to their 8th gen version.

Now if you want an example of a game struggling with the new hardware look no further than halo infinite. That game looked awful and could not even get ray tracing. No wonder it had to be delayed. So I would suggest first looking inside where theres obvious trouble before speculating about the competition. 

You mean the game from the studio that just torpedo'd the person in charge of that version of the game? Dude, it wasn't even close to being complete. 

I think it was close to being complete, just that they got backlash, they're reworking on it. I personally don't have an issue with the graphics, since it's an xbox one game and has been in development for 5 years or more. It's an open world game and the lighting of day may have affected the look, but I think the most glaring thing of the demo was the stuttering issues, which prob shocked more people as a rushed game to be presented.

You also dont knw the amount of work that needed to be done to put thouse games to that performance. As far As we heard MS has worked hard to improved thouse games expecially gears and all they canachive is higher fps? Sorry but thatt means nothing  to most gamers. It still looks the exact same. Now look at the work sony put into spiderman, it dosent have crazzy fps but that game does not needed and it looks like a brand new game on the ps5. People are saying movie like. As far as we know the other games like god of war and ghost of sushima got minimal work done. Probably just locked the 4k60 and called quits as thouse teams are probably bussy working on their next title like god of war ragnarok coming in a year. Honestly your not even trying t make a valid argument anymore. 

I ain’t talking game quality, we talking 4k/60 FPS. Gears 5 and Forza Horizon 4 ain’t no slouches so your dismissing of those shows there’s some bias on your end as well. In the end your speculating where as I see this as the first bit of proof of the capabilities of the new hardware. So far Series X comes out on top. For the record Halo Infinite will have RT at launch now and 343 has a severe management problem as they clearly have made gorgeous Halo games in the past. 

Don’t need to. The very idea of the IPs they own coming to Xbox is more then enough to gain excitement.